My colleague, Vaughan Barlow, details the ramifications of the Patent Amendment (Human Genes and Biological Materials) Bill (2010), currently being debated before the Australian parliament.
The Bill seeks to ban the patenting of all biological material that is “identical or substantially identical to such materials as they exist in nature”. If passed, this legislation may significantly jeopardize the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical and agricultural industries in Australia.
The full article is posted on the Patent Barista site here:
regards, Bill
PIZZEYS
bbennett@pizzeys.com.au
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